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DEGOY DUCK.

N0. 378.410. Patented Feb 21, 1888.

WITNESSES:

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W'ILLIAllI D. TBIMBLE, OF HAMPDEN, MARYLAND, A SSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TOJOHN T. FREELAND, OF SAME PLACE.

DEOOY==DUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,410, dated February21, 1888.

Application filed November 16, 1887. Serial No. 255,291. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.- The ducks back near the tail has a staple,

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. TRIMBLE, through which the wire f passesloosely, and a citizen of the United States, residing at said wire has aswell or enlargement, g, which Hampden, in the county of Baltimore andwill not pass through the staple g, and acts as State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new a stop when it comes in contact with the sta- 5 anduseful Improvements in Decoy-Ducks, of ple. Thus, on drawing or pullingthe wiref, which the following is a specification. the wings I) will beraised; but when the swell My invention relates to an improved decoy gcomes against the staple g the wire can be duck for the use ofsportsmen, and is illusdrawn no farther. The end of the wiref has tratedin the accompanying drawings, in an eye, f, to which a cord,f, isattached. 0 which- The duck is to be anchored in the water when Figure lis a side view of the decoy. Fig. ever desired, a cord and weight forthis pur- 2 isa top view of same. Fig. 3 is a front view. pose beingattached at the under side, say at Decoy-ducks are employed to float onthe the breast h. The cord f will lead to the i5 water near thesportsman, whois concealed by blind where the gunner is concealed. By

a blind or suitable screen, and are designed drawing on the said cord fthe movement may to allure the wild ducks to the vicinity in orbeimparted to the wings in imitation of flapder to afford the sportsman aclose shot. ping.

It is well known that wild ducks are at- Having described myinvention,Iclaim and tracted by the movement of anything on the desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United water. The ordinary decoy-(luck simplyfloats, States and is lacking in provision 'for such a move- 1. Adecoyduck having staples or eyes scment as would attract attention.cured to the back thereof, through which pass The object of my inventionis to provide for the arms of a double-crank lever, said arms 25imparting a movement to the wings of the being prolonged and bent upwardto vibrate floating duck, as hereinafter described the wings of thedecoythrough a connecting The letter A designates the body of the rod andcord attached to said donblecrank duck. The wings b are hinged orjointed to lever, substantially as specified. V

the body at 0, whereby they may be raised and 2. A decoy-duck providedwith a double- 0 lowered to imitate flapping. Each wing is crank-armedrocking lever adapted to operate raised by a lever, d, which hasposition below the wings'of said decoy by means of a. wire the wing andis pivoted at e on the ducks connected thereto, having a cord connectedto back, and an arm, (1, of the lever projects up the outer end thereof,as shown and described.

over the back. For convenience of construc- In testimony whereof I affixmy signaturein 5 tion the two arms cl are connected by a-bar, thepresence of two witnesses.

(Z and a wire, f, or cord (preferably a wire) WILLIAM D TRIMBLE isattached to the bar d". By drawing on the wire the two levers cl areraised and act on the Witnesses:

under side of the wing, and serve to raise the JOHN E. MoRRIs, o wing tothe position shown in Fig. 3. JNo. T. MADDOX.

